{"id":362573,"date":"2016-08-19T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/19\/robben-island-the-cornerstone-of-liberation-and-democracy\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:00:01","slug":"robben-island-the-cornerstone-of-liberation-and-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/08\/19\/robben-island-the-cornerstone-of-liberation-and-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Robben Island; the \u2018cornerstone of liberation and democracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Senior Manager of Operations at the Robben Island Museum, Nomonde Ndlangisa, has described the famous island as the cornerstone of South African\u00a0liberation and democracy.<\/p>\n

According to her, it was important for\u00a0Ghanaians and Africans in general to take advantage of Citi FM<\/strong>\u2018s initiative in order to experience such an important part of Africa\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

She added that the history of Robben Island\u00a0must be shared by the entire continent as other African countries had played a significant role in helping South Africa surmount the challenges it faced during the apartheid regime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn South Africa, we see Robben Island as the nucleus of our liberation, where our democracy started, because our leader \u2013 we know Nelson Mandela our ex president \u2013 was incarcerated at Robben Island for 18 years. For us, it is a very important cornerstone of our liberation and democracy and we encourage other Africans to go and see Robben Island because there is a small bit of everyone there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery African person had a contribution in the liberation struggle during the apartheid years. All the countries stood up and supported the South African people in the fight so we all own the success and freedom that came with Robben Island and we would like it to be that hope and that symbol of triumph against adversity and injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nomonde Ndlangisa believes the island is a symbol of hope for Africans facing any adversity or challenge, one that they can rally around as they persevere through their travails.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anybody is going through adversity, look at what happened at Robben Island, look at the resilience that the people in Robben Island showed. They said we are not giving up on our agenda. We don\u2019t give up, we will fight. So fight for your freedom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFight for whatever adversity or injustice that is against you. You are that symbol of hope, you have to go, every person has to go and ignite that resilience, that fight. Whatever it is that you are fighting against, we don\u2019t know what you are struggling with.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n